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εὐσέβεια

eusébeia · G2150 · Greek · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. religion, piety

    Appropriate beliefs and devout practice of obligations relating to supernatural persons and powers

    Examples

    1 Timothy 3:16 Beyond question, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.

    1 Timothy 6:3 If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,

    1 Timothy 6:5 and constant friction between people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

  2. piety, godliness

    Behavior reflecting correct religious beliefs and attitudes

    Examples

    Acts 3:12 But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

    1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

    1 Timothy 4:7 But stay away from worthless stories that are typical of old women. Rather, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness;

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 3 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words
εὐλάβεια eulábeia · G2124 · to reverence, reverent regard for, reverence
The target term εὐσέβεια and εὐλάβεια (“reverence”) both operate in the sphere of religious devotion — the target denoting general piety and εὐλάβεια denoting reverential awe or caution — genuinely overlapping concepts of devotion toward God, differing mainly in emphasis.
θεοσέβεια theosébeia · G2317 · religion, piety
These terms are interchangeable expressions of religious reverence and devotion, with θεοσέβεια (literally 'god-reverence') and εὐσέβεια representing the same fundamental concept of pious devotion. The single attestation of θεοσέβεια limits verification of full functional equivalence across all registers, but the semantic convergence is genuine within the domain of religious devotion.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Religion, piety53.1
In Acts 3:12, Peter asks the amazed crowd, “why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?” using this word for the whole practice of religious devotion.
Piety, godliness53.5
In 1 Timothy 2:2, prayer is urged for those in authority, “so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity,” naming the quality of a godly, reverent life.
Word family 13 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σέβομαι sébomai · G4576 · to worship, to venerate · 10×εὐσέβειαeusébeia · G2150ἀσεβής asebḗs · G765 · ungodly · 9×ἀσέβεια asébeia · G763 · to live in an ungodly manner, godlessness · 6×σεμνός semnós · G4586 · honorable, worthy of respect, of good character · 4×εὐσεβής eusebḗs · G2152 · devout, pious, religious · 3×σεβαστός sebastós · G4575 · imperial, the Emperor · 3×σεμνότης semnótēs · G4587 · propriety, befitting behavior · 3×ἀσεβέω asebéō · G764 · to live in an ungodly manner, godlessness · 2×εὐσεβέω eusebéō · G2151 · to worship, to venerate, to fulfill one’s duties · 2×εὐσεβῶς eusebōs · G2153 · devout, pious, religious · 2×σέβασμα sébasma · G4574 · sanctuary, object of worship · 2×σεβάζομαι sebázomai · G4573 · to worship, to venerate · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon εὐσεβείας, ἡ (εὐσεβής), reverence, respect; in the Bible everywhere piety toward God,…
εὐσεβείας, ἡ (εὐσεβής), reverence, respect; in the Bible everywhere piety toward God, godliness: Acts 3:12; 1 Tim 2:2; 1 Tim 4:7, 1 Tim 4:8; 1 Tim 6:5f, 11; 2 Tim 3:5; 2 Pet 1:3, 2 Pet 1:6f; ἡ κατ' εὐσέβειαν διδασκαλία, the doctrine that promotes godliness, 1 Tim 6:3 (see κατά, II. 3 d.); ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ κατ' εὐσέβειαν, the truth that leads to godliness, Tit 1:1; τό μυστήριον τῆς εὐσεβείας, the mystery which is held by godliness and nourishes it, 1 Tim 3:16; in plural, aims and acts of godliness, 2 Pet 3:11; cf. Pfieiderer, Paulinism., p. 477f (English translation, ii. 209f). (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, and following; often in Josephus; the Sept. Prov 1:7; Prov 13:11; Isa 11:2; Wis. 10:12; often in 4 Macc.; πρός τόν Θεόν, Josephus, Antiquities 18, 5, 2; (περί τό θεῖον) contra Apion 1, 22, 2; εἰς Θεούς καί γονεας, Plato, rep. 10, p. 615 c.) (Cf. Schmidt, chapter 181.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Religious Practice17 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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